The Vampire Diaries bid farewell to original cast member Steven R. McQueen (Jeremy) in Thursday's "Stay," but there was a twist: instead of Jeremy going off to art school as had been teased — and as most of his friends and family had been led to believe — he set out to continue hunting vampires, with only Alaric (Matt Davis) knowing what was truly going on.

"I think the biggest point we wanted to make was when you come out of Mystic Falls, there is no such thing as a 'normal life,'" The Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec told reporters. "As Elena (Nina Dobrev) said, 'Maybe smoking a joint with my brother is the most normal thing I've ever do...